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On winning whatever the price
World War II Japanese artillery piece on Kangu Beach, near Buin south BougainvilleSIMON PENTANU MP| Edited‘Only the dead have seen the end of war’ – PlatoKIETA - These are my thoughts from looking...
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Today the bulldozers moved in on ATS
KEITH JACKSONNOOSA - In early May, Papua New Guinea prime minister James Marape seemed to move with lightning speed to stop a developer evicting residents and destroying homes at Port Moresby’s ATS...
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Maybe all we can do is apologise
PHILIP FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY - Do we older folk need to apologise to our children and grandchildren for the sorry state of the world we are bequeathing to them?I guess the answer to that question...
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Ocean
MICHAEL DOMYour face unwrinklesYou are imponderableIn your vast silenceIn your deep, dark blue embraceWho dares breach your salty keep?Your face wrinkles upYou are implacableIn your looming rageIn your...
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PNG business remains inhibited by Covid
JUSTIN SMIRK| Business Advantage PNGPORT MORESBY - In the ten years of data collected by the PNG 100 CEO Survey, some trends are emerging. We can see where improvements have been made to business...
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Wages of fear – contracting out the danger
BERNARD CORDEN| Edited extracts‘No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky’ - Bob DylanBRISBANE - Wages of Fear is a critically acclaimed classic suspense movie starring Yves Montand and...
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DFAT – elite became a feather duster
Bruce Haigh - 'The best and brightest who challenge policy or who seek to put forward policy in the face of domestic political imperatives are sidelined and rendered voiceless and powerless'BRUCE...
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Barets, barter & buai on the Sepik
The baret allows people from Korogu village on the Sepik to travel inland to trade their fish for buai, saksak and other cropsDUNCAN GABI| Auna MeloKEMBIAM, SEPIK RIVER - The Sepik River has hundreds...
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Hearts, fine food and revolution
DANIEL KUMBONFICTION - The Old Man said he would drop Delisa at the hospital and get her at a quarter to twelve to go for lunch at Ribito Grill and Restaurant.“You’ll meet the remarkable young man who...
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19th century capitalism just moved offshore
Capitalism isn't working (Photo - Jonny White)CHRIS OVERLANDADELAIDE - Bernard Corden is right (‘Wages of fear – Contracting out the danger’). Neo-liberal capitalism has very adept at outsourcing hard,...
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a butterfly brooch
MICHAEL DOMa butterfly broochat some stage a blue presentthe pin pricked my thumbsweet sweat stains, your blouse, your hairfamiliar to my big noseAn extract from Put Me On Your Tongue, a new collection...
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Names of PNG: Camilla Wedgwood
Camilla Wedgwood taking the arm measurement of a young boyDAVID WETHERELL| Australian Dictionary of Biography | EditedCANBERRA - Camilla Hildegarde Wedgwood (1901-1955), anthropologist and...
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Taking the ‘service’ out of Public Service
JIM MOOREADELAIDE - I happened to be looking through the Classifieds in the Adelaide Advertiser on Monday (not something I usually do, I was checking for a Death Notice).And there, on the way to the...
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The domestic violence justice system: An insight
TRACY GANAII, JUDY PUTT & SINCLAIR DINNEN| Department of Pacific Affairs | Australian National University | Edited extractsLink here to read the full case study briefCANBERRA – This month, in Papua...
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West Papua on verge of bloody crackdown
JIM ELMSLIE & CAMELLIA WEBB-GANNON| The ConversationUNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG - “Destroy them first. We will discuss human rights matters later.”These are the reported words of Bambang Soesatyo,...
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‘Racist’ Facebook doesn’t get the picture
Censored image. The photo of Uiaku schoolgirls was taken by PJ Money in 1908 (Australian Museum)MOSTAFA RACHWANI| Guardian AustraliaSYDNEY - Facebook has been accused of “discriminatory and racist”...
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Names of PNG: Oala Oala-Rarua
Oala Oala-Rarua while mayor of Port Moresby, 1972MURRAY GROVES| Australian Dictionary of Biography | EditedCANBERRA – Oala Oala-Rarua (1934-80) - teacher, trade-union leader, politician and diplomat -...
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Dismantling Frieda, one wheel at a time
ANALOGY BY THE AVISAK N'GEGOSThe chiefs of 49 villages along the Avisak [Sepik River] together with Save the Sepik have organised 408 clans and 51 n’gegos [haus tambaran] into a united nation working...
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No casino - we have enough problems
SCOTT WAIDE| My Land, My CountryIt is an absolutely disgusting move by the National Gaming and Control Board - Papua New Guinea’s gaming regulator - to sign off papers giving the OK for a new casino to...
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Casino is the wrong choice for PNG
The Coral Sea Resort Casino in HoniaraPHILIP KAI MORRE| Social Worker & Addiction CounsellorPORT MORESBY - Gambling is a disease of addiction that can have every family member suffering from its...
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